Activities of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2010/0220(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on state aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines
Amendments (17)
Amendment 30 #
Recital 2
Amendment 34 #
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) With regard to the Presidency Conclusions on the Europe Council Summit on 9 March 2007, each Member State has the right autonomously to create its own energy mix.
Amendment 39 #
Recital 3
(3) The small contribution of subsidised coal to the overall energy mix , and the Union's policies of encouraging renewable and lower -carbon fossil fuels for power generation do not justify, the indefinite support for uncompetitive coal mines. The categories of aid permitted by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 should therefore not be continued indefinitely.
Amendment 45 #
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Reducing State aid to uncompetitive coal mines where there is simultaneous growth in demand, in a situation where it is possible to replace coal with the renewable energy sources, may ,in a very short period of time, result in a significant increase in coal imports to the Union from third countries.
Amendment 46 #
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) When the necessity arises in exceptional cases and in order to ensure the energy supply, the Commission may allow, for national solutions extending hard coal subsidies in accordance with European law.
Amendment 53 #
Recital 7
(7) In order to minimise the distortion of competition in the internal market resulting from aid, such aid should be degressive and strictly limited to production units that are irrevocably planned for closure.
Amendment 60 #
Recital 8
(8) In order to mitigate the negative environmental impact of aid to coal, the Member State should provide a plan of appropriate measures, for example in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy or carbon capture and storagenew clean coal technology including carbon capture and storage; such measures will furthermore contribute to a significant global reduction in pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 78 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 1 October 2014 20;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 84 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the production units concerned must be closed definitively in accordance with the closure plan; unless they become competitive before that date;
Amendment 86 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the production units concerned must be closed definitively in accordance with the closure plan; unless, by the deadline included therein, the production unit concerned has a clear prospect of becoming competitive by 31 December 2022 independently or by the one-off injection of public funds inline with Union law;
Amendment 90 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the overall amount of closure aid granted by a Member State for any particular undertaking must follow a downward trend, where the reduction between successive periods of fifteentwelve months must not be less than 3310 percent of the aid provided in the initial fifteen month periodfirst year of the closure plan;
Amendment 91 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the overall amount of closure aid granted by a Member State for any particular undertaking must follow a downward trend, where the reduction between successive periods of fifteentwelve months must not be less than 3310 percent of the aid provided in the initial fifteenfirst twelve month period of the closure plan;
Amendment 97 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the Member State must provide a plan to take measures aimed at mitigating the environmental impact of the use of coal, for example in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy or, clean coal technologies such as carbon capture and storage. The inclusion of measures constituting State aid within the meaning of Article 107 (1) in such a plan is without prejudice to the notification and standstill obligations imposed on the Member State with respect to these measures by Article 108 (3) TFEU, and to the compatibility of these measures with the internal market."
Amendment 108 #
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. On the basis of the information provided by the Member States in accordance with Article 7, the Commission may, if necessary, submit to the Council a proposal for the amendment of this Regulation concerning its prolonged application in respect of aid to cover exceptional costs.
Amendment 110 #
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Review measures On the basis of the information provided by the Member States in accordance with Article 7, the Commission may, if necessary, submit to the Council proposal for the amendment of this Regulation concerning its prolonged application in respect of aid to cover exceptional costs.
Amendment 112 #
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation shall expire on 31 December 202630.